The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (“IBC”) was enacted to provide a legal framework for the effective resolution of insolvency and bankruptcy of corporate persons, individuals and partnership firms. It was welcomed because it worked for the benefit of the creditor as well as debtor. With the increasing challenges and pendency in adjudication and the consistent failures in meeting the 180-day deadline, parties have started figuring out means outside of the IBC to reorganise/appropriate their assets and come out of insolvency or effect an efficacious liquidation. [Shiphali Patel is a student of 4th year BA LL.B (Hons.) at Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow] Background In the case of…

Amidst much speculations in the FinTech sector, the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) released the Draft Enabling Framework for Regulatory Sandbox, 2019 (“Draft Framework”) on 18th April 2019 aimed at enhancing financial inclusion and innovation in the Indian financial sector, especially for FinTech start-ups. This article seeks to discuss various important clauses of the Draft Framework and examine them in light of the objectives sought to be achieved by it and thereafter, suggest some changes. [Mansi Mishra is a student of second year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal] About the Draft Framework The object behind the Draft Framework is to set up Regulatory Sandbox (“RS”)…

The modus operendi to achieve an optimum insolvency regime is to critically analyse the performance of the legislation on the basis of the effects it has on the overall business and credit market. Thus critiquing its efficiency is an important element of any codified law in a country. This need is even more imperative not only because of the number of applications under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“Code”) but because of the increasing use of this new mechanism to achieve the enforcement of debt obligations and reorganization outside the formal process under the Code, as an arm twisting means, making it more onerous to investigate its effectiveness and efficiency.…

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“Code”) has been enacted with an objective of consolidating and amending the laws relating to reorganisation and insolvency resolution of corporate persons, partnership firms and individuals in a time-bound manner. It aims at maximisation of value of assets of such corporate persons, partnership firms and individuals, promoting entrepreneurship, ensuring availability of credit and balancing the interests of all stakeholders. The author, in this articles, aims to cover the provisions related to the rights of employees under the Code to recover their unpaid wages and salaries from the Corporate Debtor and bring out a picture about how such provisions act as a boon for them. [Dulung Sengupta…